Pakatan Harapan went into GE14 promising to ratify the United Nations’ 1951 Refugee Convention. Lawyer Renuka Balasubramaniam, now a PhD candidate at Melbourne University, reckons Malaysia should start by allowing asylum seekers and refugees currently in the country to work legally and immediately. Renuka explains how such a process could be initiated and address concerns that doing this might open the floodgates to illegal immigration.

Produced by: Chua Ern Teck

Presented by: Chua Ern Teck

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Tags:  UNHCR,  Migrant Crisis,  Rohingya,  Refugee Crisis,  World Refugee Day,  The Bigger Picture,  Live and Learn,  Government/Regulatory/Policy Making,  Politics,  Law and Legal Matters,  Education